tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post409287444510394503..comments2019-09-10T07:48:49.462+02:00Comments on Kotzk Blog: 239) MAIMONIDES - A ‘SECRET KARAITE’?Rabbi Gavin Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14410541880380752479noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-22238968503863481162019-08-25T19:43:48.639+02:002019-08-25T19:43:48.639+02:0012041204Kotzk Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249905502266813412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-35762115032128349652019-08-25T10:44:14.453+02:002019-08-25T10:44:14.453+02:00Yes, that is a very common thread. Never mind Chas...Yes, that is a very common thread. Never mind Chassidus, even the Brisker Rav apparently said that every one line in the Moreh Nevuchim is drawn from one hundred lines of Zohar. There are many more examples.<br /><br />(The time line becomes interesting because, as mentioned, Rambam was niftar in 1205 and the Zohar was only published around 1260.)Kotzk Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249905502266813412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-56191453126583151612019-08-24T23:25:19.600+02:002019-08-24T23:25:19.600+02:00But Chassidim have been saying all along how the R...But Chassidim have been saying all along how the Rambam was a mystic. Just look at Toldos - any week - how he starts with a passage of Rambam and fits in a whole Torah of Zohar into that. On almost every single parsha.Moishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00835241929577382081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-55822361027222042902019-08-20T08:47:00.090+02:002019-08-20T08:47:00.090+02:00My apologies to you. I misread the tone of your co...My apologies to you. I misread the tone of your comment, thinking you were suggesting the article was supporting the notion that Rambam was indeed a Karaite. I simply collect narratives and found the Karaite claim to be intriguing - as I found the claim that Rambam was secret mystic to be just as compelling. Kotzk Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249905502266813412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-12134478638196094782019-08-19T22:18:42.011+02:002019-08-19T22:18:42.011+02:00Thank you, it did not come across as obvious to me...Thank you, it did not come across as obvious to me. I appreciate your comments.anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261164106931797948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-85844205139915713182019-08-19T08:08:31.079+02:002019-08-19T08:08:31.079+02:00Thanks Anon for your fantastic grasp of the obviou...Thanks Anon for your fantastic grasp of the obvious. This is exactly why the Karaite claim is so interesting.Kotzk Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249905502266813412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576585332526677688.post-56519449020254600112019-08-19T02:59:09.650+02:002019-08-19T02:59:09.650+02:00What utter drivel! how can anyone remotely famil...What utter drivel! how can anyone remotely familiar with Rambam&#39;s Mishna Torah in which he rules and in many cases expounds in all areas of Rabbinic Law entertain something so fantastic?anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261164106931797948noreply@blogger.com